LAN Contract Job Trends in Chester

Local Area Network (LAN)
Cheshire > Chester

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Chester requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 21 10 3
Rank change year-on-year -11 -7 +10
Contract jobs citing LAN 5 7 13
As % of all contract jobs in Chester 4.95% 9.72% 17.57%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.29% 29.17% 52.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 8
10th Percentile - £518 £521
25th Percentile - £525 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -40.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £406 £575 £588
90th Percentile £455 £583 -
Cheshire median daily rate £330 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -37.14% - +23.53%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Chester

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Chester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 35 24 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester 34.65% 33.33% 33.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 9 12
10th Percentile £325 £260 £501
25th Percentile £347 £469 £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -19.05% -4.55% +57.14%
75th Percentile £475 £675 £588
90th Percentile £588 £740 £610
Cheshire median daily rate £455 £510 £555
% change year-on-year -10.78% -8.11% +11.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £19.00 - -
Cheshire median hourly rate £16.00 - -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Chester.

LAN job vacancy trend in Chester

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Daily Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing LAN

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Daily Rate Histogram in Chester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Chester over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Chester

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Hourly Rate Trend in Chester

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Chester citing LAN

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 3 (60.00%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 5 (100.00%) WAN
2 2 (40.00%) Wi-Fi
2 2 (40.00%) Wireless
2 2 (40.00%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MS Access
General
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Banking
1 3 (60.00%) Finance
1 3 (60.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Network Engineer
1 2 (40.00%) Risk Management Specialist
2 1 (20.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Risk Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technology Risk Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) CMDB
1 2 (40.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (40.00%) Video Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytical Thinking
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Compliance Audit
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Network Architecture
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Assessment
1 3 (60.00%) Risk Management
2 2 (40.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
2 2 (40.00%) Proactive Management
2 2 (40.00%) Problem Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) CCNA
1 2 (40.00%) Cisco Certification
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Cisco